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In a recent year, 8,769,352 male students and 1,510,977 female students were enrolled as undergraduates. Receiving aid
were 65% of the male students and 65.7% of the female students. Of those receiving aid, 41.6% of the males got federal
aid and 52.5% of the females got federal aid. Choose 1 student at random. (Hint: Make a tree diagram.)
Find the probability of selecting a student from the following.
Carry your intermediate computations to at least 4 decimal places. Round the final answers to 3 decimal places.
Transcribed Image Text:In a recent year, 8,769,352 male students and 1,510,977 female students were enrolled as undergraduates. Receiving aid were 65% of the male students and 65.7% of the female students. Of those receiving aid, 41.6% of the males got federal aid and 52.5% of the females got federal aid. Choose 1 student at random. (Hint: Make a tree diagram.) Find the probability of selecting a student from the following. Carry your intermediate computations to at least 4 decimal places. Round the final answers to 3 decimal places.
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